This double-curving set of self-supporting stairs has a white- painted wood stringer and hand-rail, and flat safety glass panels that create the illusion of a curve by not being too wide for the curve in which they sit. The flat panels reflect elements of the foyer and dining room depending on the angle of the observer to the stairs. The simple elegant curve invites the eye up to the second floor catwalk balcony that looks out over the great room and on out at Lake Erie.